9 Actors Who Tied Their Fate to the Royals and Nobles

Meghan Markle is often compared to twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson. Andif it wasn’t for this story, Queen Elisabeth II would never have become the queen, and Prince Charles and Prince William would be at the very end of the lineage to the throne.

Mrs. Simpson, the future Duchess of Windsor, was not an actress in contrast to other people from this article. She was a so-called “IT” girl. Her parents were from 2 great families in the American South. Edward, the future King of Britain at that time, and Wallis met in London where she moved with her second husband. Edward and Wallis started an affair.

After his father’s death, (January 20, 1936) the Prince of Wales was proclaimed Edward VIII, but the government of the UK didn’t approve of his desire to marry this divorced woman with a dubious reputation. That’s whyEdward decided to abdicate the throne. He expressed his feelings via a radio broadcast, saying: “I have found it impossible to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.” As the result, George VI, the father of Elisabeth II, became the King.